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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A body of medium- to coarse-grained igneous rock that formed beneath the surface by crystallization of a magma.
Industry:Mining
A body of molding sand or other heat-resisting material containing a cavity which when filled with molten metal yields a casting of the desired shape.
Industry:Mining
A body of relatively impermeable rock that is capable of absorbing water slowly but does not transmit it rapidly enough to supply a well or spring. Compare: confining bed.
Industry:Mining
A body of rock established to serve as the material reference for all rocks formed during the same span of time. Each of its boundaries is synchronous. Chronostratigraphic units in order of decreasing rank are eonothem, erathem, system, series, stage.
Industry:Mining
A body of rock established to serve as the material reference for all rocks formed during the same span of time. Each of its boundaries is synchronous. Chronostratigraphic units in order of decreasing rank are eonothem, erathem, system, series, stage.
Industry:Mining
A body of rock established to serve as the material reference for all rocks formed during the same span of time. Each of its boundaries is synchronous. Chronostratigraphic units in order of decreasing rank are eonothem, erathem, system, series, stage.
Industry:Mining
A body of rock established to serve as the material reference for all rocks formed during the same span of time. Each of its boundaries is synchronous. Chronostratigraphic units in order of decreasing rank are eonothem, erathem, system, series, stage.
Industry:Mining
A body of rock established to serve as the material reference for all rocks formed during the same span of time. Each of its boundaries is synchronous. Chronostratigraphic units in order of decreasing rank are eonothem, erathem, system, series, stage.
Industry:Mining
A body of rock serving as a host for other rocks or for mineral deposits; e.g., a pluton containing xenoliths, or any rock in which ore deposits occur. It is a somewhat more specific term than country rock.
Industry:Mining
A body of rocks that remains at its site of origin, where it is rooted to its basement. Although not moved from their original site, autochthonous rocks may be mildly to considerably deformed. Compare: allochthon; stationary block. Also spelled autochthone.
Industry:Mining
